Samson
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Samson [E] [H] [S]
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Bibliography InformationNave, Orville J. "Entry for 'Samson'". "Nave's Topical Bible".. 1896.
- A judge (leader, hero) of Israel
Judges 16:31 - A Danite, son of Manoah; miraculous birth of; a Nazarite from his mothers womb; the mother forbidden to drink wine or strong drink, or to eat any ceremonially unclean thing during gestation
Judges 13:2-7 Judges 13:24 Judges 13:25 - Desires a Philistine woman for his wife; kills a lion
Judges 14:1-7 - His marriage feast and the riddle propounded
Judges 14:8-19 - Kills thirty Philistines
Judges 14:19 - Wife of, estranged
Judges 14:20 ; Judges 15:1 Judges 15:2 - Is avenged for the estrangement of his wife
Judges 15:3-8 - His great strength
Judges 15:7-14 ; Hebrews 11:32 - Kills one-thousand Philistines with the jawbone of a donkey
Judges 15:13-17 - Miraculously supplied with water
Judges 15:18 Judges 15:19 - Cohabits with Delilah, a prostitute; her machinations with the Philistines to overcome him
Judges 16:1-20 - Is blinded by the Philistines and confined to hard labor in prison; pulls down the pillars of the temple, meets his death, and kills a multitude of his enemies
Judges 16:21-31 ; Hebrews 11:32
[E] indicates this entry was also found in Easton's Bible Dictionary
[H] indicates this entry was also found in Hitchcock's Bible Names
[S] indicates this entry was also found in Smith's Bible Dictionary
Bibliography InformationNave, Orville J. "Entry for 'Samson'". "Nave's Topical Bible".